Robert J. Majteles, Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Mr. Majteles is the managing partner of Treehouse Capital LLC (www.treehousecapital.com), an investment firm he founded in order to make investments of time and money in interesting people doing worthy things. Treehouse's portfolio of private and public technology companies have been very successful in a wide array of markets and circumstances. Mr. Majteles often serves as an active and involved board member for the companies in Treehouse's portfolio and also serves as an advisory partner to a variety of investment funds. In addition, Mr. Majteles is the Director of the Entrepreneurship Program at the Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bclbe.htm. Prior to launching Treehouse, Mr. Majteles was the chief executive officer of three different technology companies, succeeding twice in generating superior investment returns for his shareholders and failing once. In addition, Mr. Majteles has also been an investment banker and a mergers and acquisitions attorney. Mr. Majteles is a frequent lecturer, speaker, and panelist on a wide range of topics including board governance and value added, investment process and methodology, and entrepreneurial strategic planning and metrics-driven business model execution. Mr. Majteles received a law degree from Stanford University in 1989 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1986.
Jeffrey R. Hultman, Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee Mr. Hultman is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Energy King, Inc., a provider of residential heating, venting and air conditioning system services, a position he has held since May 2008. He was the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of IPTV, Inc., a video internet commerce company, from October 2007 to March 2008. He was the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Siena Technologies, Inc., a company that designs and installs specialty communication systems, from March 2005 to May 2007. From November 2002 to May 2004, Mr. Hultman was CEO of EdgeFocus, Inc., a high-speed wireless internet company. From 1998 to March 2002, Mr. Hultman was a partner in Big Bear Sports Ranch, a sports summer camp for school-age children. From 1991 through 1997, he was Chief Executive Officer of Dial Page, Inc., a provider of wireless telecommunications throughout the Southeastern United States. From 1987 through 1991, he was Chief Executive Officer of PacTel Cellular. Prior to 1987, Mr. Hultman was an executive with Pacific Bell. Mr. Hultman holds a B.S. in Agricultural Economics and an M.S. in Business Management from the University of California, Davis.
Samuel M. Inman III, Director, President & Chief Executive Officer Mr. Inman was appointed interim President and Chief Executive Officer on March 10, 2008 and on July 3, 2008 the Board of Directors acted to remove the "interim" designation and confirmed his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Inman has served as director of several private technology companies since June 2006. He was Executive Chairman of Think Outside (a developer and marketer of foldable keyboards) from April 2003 until its sale to Mobility, Inc. in June 2006. From June 1998 until its sale to Sanmina, SCI in July 2002 (and until December 2002 as a consultant to Sanmina), Mr. Inman was Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Advisors of Viking Components, Inc. (a designer and manufacturer of memory modules). From January 1996 to January 1998, he was President and Chief Executive Officer, and from April 1995 through December 1995, he was President and Chief Operating Officer, of Centura Software Corporation (formerly Gupta Corporation) (a provider of secure databases and development solutions). From May 1993 to June 1994, Mr. Inman was President of Ingram Micro (a wholesale distributor of technology products and services). From 1972 through September 1993, Mr. Inman held various positions with International Business Machines ("IBM"), ending as President of IBM PC Company, Americas from July 1992 to September 1993. Mr. Inman holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Purdue University and an Executive Program Certification - Director Training from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Gerald D. Griffin, Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee Mr. Griffin has been an executive consultant in the fields of executive search, aerospace and finance since 1992. From 1988 to 1992, Mr. Griffin was Managing Director of the Houston office of Korn/Ferry International. From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Griffin was the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Comarco, Inc. From 1986 to 1988, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Houston Chamber of Commerce. From 1982 to 1986, Mr. Griffin was Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In 1998, Mr. Griffin was a founding director of Bank of the Hills, N.A., which in 2006 became a branch of Sterling Bank, and he continues to serve as a director of the branch board. Mr. Griffin also serves on the advisory board of MEI Technologies, Inc., a Houston-based aerospace company, and as an advisor to Astrolabe Ventures, a Palo Alto/Paris-based venture capital firm. Mr. Griffin holds a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Richard T. Lebuhn Director Mr. LeBuhn has served as Senior Vice President at Broadwood Capital, Inc., a private investment company, since June 2006. Previously, Mr. LeBuhn was a Principal at Broadfield Capital Management, LLC, an investment advisory services firm, from May 2005 to June 2006 and a Vice President at Derchin Management, another management services firm, from July 2002 to May 2005. Earlier in his career, Mr. LeBuhn founded an investment analysis and financial advisory firm and served as an operating business manager for Chubb and Son, Inc., the property and casualty insurance division of The Chubb Corporation. Mr. LeBuhn holds a B.A. from St. Lawrence University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.